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San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera

The second largest opera company in North America is coming to listeners in a new series of nine operas.

WXXI is please to present the San Francisco Opera series, airing Saturdays on Classical 91.5/FM-HD 91.5-1 beginning on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. The series kicks off with Die Walk├╝re, the second installment in the cycle of four epic operas by Wagner called The Ring of the Nibelung´╗┐, based loosely on Norse mythology. Directed by Francesca Zambello, ´╗┐Die Walk├╝re´╗┐ follows the struggles of a deity as he tries to come to terms with his power and what it can do, all while facing the disobedience of his children.